We used to deal with their importers in Sacramento alot, and dreaded it after a while. Cracked slates, warped anythings, and disfunctional table guys that they found on craigslist.
BUT, when you get a good table, they are easy to setup and work on, typical import table, and when I was doing a table for an AZer a year or two ago and found that their guys had broken slate and put it on a table anyway, after I made a phone call to their office, they had no problem with me bringing the slate to them and swapping it for good slate. Took less than 10 minutes to arrange it, and I picked the slate to load up and take back to the Bay to finish the job.
But, as SD said, you get what you pay for.
I'll also give you a hint on the assembly....measure everything out 4 times before setting a slate screw.
There were some 3-4 years ago that weren't square, so we were finding tables with slate screws blowing out sides of the cabinets all over Sacramento and San Francisco. And the finished chipped alot, double up on your padding when doing rails.
The newer ones seemed better generally.....:wink:
